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 |
|---|---|
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| cipher | zero |
| lampoon | satire |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| fell | skin |