GRE Word List
MANUMIT
to release from slavery
The meaning of the word manumit is to release from slavery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |