GRE Word List
RESTRAINT
an act of restraining : the state of being restrained
The meaning of the word restraint is an act of restraining : the state of being restrained.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
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| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
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| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
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