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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| irate | roused to ire |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| headlong | headfirst |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |