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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| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |