GRE Word List

MANUMIT

to release from slavery

The meaning of the word manumit is to release from slavery.

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excerpta passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract
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pellucidadmitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion
preciseexactly or sharply defined or stated
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
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