GRE Word List
MANUMIT
to release from slavery
The meaning of the word manumit is to release from slavery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| swill | wash |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |