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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |