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.
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| avow | to declare assuredly |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |