GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |