GRE Word List
MANUMIT
to release from slavery
The meaning of the word manumit is to release from slavery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |