GRE Word List
ENFRANCHISE
to set free (as from slavery)
The meaning of the word enfranchise is to set free (as from slavery).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |