GRE Word List
MANUMIT
to release from slavery
The meaning of the word manumit is to release from slavery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |