wrack – ruin

(Pronounced rak)

The word wrack is found in act 1, scene 3, line 113 of Macbeth Shakespeare.

"Or that with both he labour'd in the country's wrack."

(Read as: Or that he worked with both (Macbeth and the devil) to destroy his country.)

To remember the definition of the word wrack, use the following mnemonic:

This rack (wrack) is going to ruin my jumper.