GRE Word List
MANUMIT
to release from slavery
The meaning of the word manumit is to release from slavery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| hortatory | hortative |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |