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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earnto receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered
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xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
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