GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| billow | wave |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |