GRE Word List
MANACLE
restrain; handcuff; N.
The meaning of the word manacle is restrain; handcuff; N..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arrogance | pride; haughtiness; ADJ. arrogant: unpleasantly self-important (with a strong confidence in one's own importance and a lack of respect for other people) |
| infiltrate | pass into or through; penetrate or enter (an organization) sneakily; Ex. infiltrate the troops into enemy territory; CF. infiltrator |
| fortuitous | accidental; by chance; N. fortuity |
| fluke | unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune; accidental stroke of good luck; ADJ. fluky |
| trough | long narrow container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave, business cycle, etc.); long narrow depression as between waves |
| ligneous | like wood |
| diatribe | bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse |
| puny | tiny; weak; insignificant |
| palette | board on which painter mixes pigments(coloring matters) |
| paraphernalia | equipment; odds and ends used in a particular activity; personal belongings; Ex. photographic paraphernalia; CF. married woman's property exclusive of her dowry |