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 |
|---|---|
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |