GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
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| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
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| imply | to express indirectly |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
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| wreak | bring about |
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