GRE Word List

MANACLE

a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff

The meaning of the word manacle is a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff.

Random words

WordMeaning
odiousarousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful
pettyhaving secondary rank or importance : minor
restivestubbornly resisting control : balky
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
memorializeto address or petition by a memorial
palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
scoretwenty
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
amoralhaving or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong
consistencyagreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence