GRE Word List
MANUMIT
to release from slavery
The meaning of the word manumit is to release from slavery.
Random words
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| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
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| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| disclose | to make known or public |
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| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
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