GRE Word List
FETTER
a chain or shackle for the feet
The meaning of the word fetter is a chain or shackle for the feet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| faculty | ability |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |