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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |