GRE Word List
EMANCIPATE
set free; liberate
The meaning of the word emancipate is set free; liberate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intervene | come between; interfere; Ex. intervened to prevent a fight; N. intervention |
| usury | lending money at illegal high rates of interest |
| mellifluous | (of words or a voice) sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious; having a pleasant tune |
| gull | trick; deceive; hoodwink; N: person who is easily tricked; dupe |
| definitive | most reliable; authorative and complete; that cannot be improved; conclusive; decisive; definite; Ex. definitive decision by the supreme court |
| grill | question severely; cook on a grill; broil; N: cooking surface of parallel metal bars |
| revert | relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion |
| hazardous | dangerous |
| adamant | hard; inflexible |
| jaundiced | yellowed; prejudiced (envious, hostile, or resentful) from long and disappointing experience of human affairs; Ex. with a jaundiced eye |
