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Question

In eighteenth-century English courts, defendants had to appear at their trials wearing ____.


A.
inflections

B.
ploys

C.
manacles

D.
manifestations

Answer 1

manacles (handcuffs)

Answer 2

C. Manacles, because that is the only thing that one can wear. An inflection is a curve. A ploy is a tactic used to embarrass someone. A manifestation is something obvious. Those nouns can not be worn. Thus, the anser is C. I used the dictionary.

Answer 3

When you understand the definition of the word it is much easier to make the choice.
.........See definition below................
Good Luck!
..........Answer is manacles..............

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/manacle
A device for confining the hands, usually consisting of a set of two metal rings that are fastened about the wrists and joined by a metal chain.
Something that confines or restrains.

Answer 4

Mathlady knows her nouns, too--yes, it's (c).