GRE Word List
MANUMIT
to release from slavery
The meaning of the word manumit is to release from slavery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |