GRE Word List

DURESS

forcible restraint or restriction

The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.

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effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
torquea force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion
denizeninhabitant
inquisitivegiven to examination or investigation
freebooterpirate
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control
excoriateto wear off the skin of : abrade
hacklesone of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird
revoketo annul by recalling or taking back : rescind
grapplethe act or an instance of grappling