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 |
|---|---|
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| canny | clever |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| auroral | dawn |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |