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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dally | to act playfully |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| expatriate | banish |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |