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 |
|---|---|
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| obscure | dark |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |