GRE Word List
SHACKLE
something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms
The meaning of the word shackle is something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| conspire | plot |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |