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 |
|---|---|
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |