GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| exploit | deed |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |