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 |
|---|---|
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |