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 |
|---|---|
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
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| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
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| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
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