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 |
|---|---|
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| drivel | nonsense |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| microcosm | a little world |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| implode | to burst inward |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |