GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exploit | deed |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |