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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imply | to express indirectly |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| tome | book |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |