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 |
|---|---|
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| faculty | ability |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |