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 |
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| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| enduring | lasting |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |