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
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disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
mandate | an authoritative command |
militate | to have weight or effect |
blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
countenance | look |
partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |