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 |
|---|---|
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| upright | perpendicular |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |