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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casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
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helma lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering
transitiona change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another
arrhythmiclacking rhythm or regularity
ascertainto find out or learn with certainty
blithelacking due thought or consideration : casual
vergebrink
embossto raise the surface of into bosses
disjointedbeing thrown out of orderly function