GRE Word List

ENFRANCHISE

to set free (as from slavery)

The meaning of the word enfranchise is to set free (as from slavery).

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immunenot susceptible or responsive
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voyeursomeone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts
sensuousof or relating to the senses or sensible objects
pestilentialcausing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly
prongfork
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
interpolateto alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
addressto mark directions for delivery on