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 |
|---|---|
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| imbue | endow |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |