GRE Word List

MANUMIT

to release from slavery

The meaning of the word manumit is to release from slavery.

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personifyto conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
aberrationthe fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state
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