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 |
|---|---|
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
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