GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |