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 |
|---|---|
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| welter | writhe |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| misadventure | misfortune |