GRE Word List
MANUMIT
to release from slavery
The meaning of the word manumit is to release from slavery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| apprehend | arrest |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |