GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |