GRE Word List
MANUMIT
emancipate; free from slavery or bondage
The meaning of the word manumit is emancipate; free from slavery or bondage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vicar | parish priest; representative |
| argot | slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people |
| emend | correct (usually a text); N. emendation: correction of errors; improvement |
| philistine | narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain; uncultured person who is indifferent to artistic and cultural values; member of an ancient people in Palestine; OP. aesthete |
| ductile | malleable; pliable; (of metals) easily pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone) easily influenced or controlled |
| loiter | hang about/around; stand idly about; linger |
| responsiveness | state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.; ADJ. responsive: readily reacting; Ex. responsive to treatment |
| deplete | reduce; exhaust |
| quench | assuage or satisfy (thrust); slake; douse or extinguish; put out; suppress |
| adjuration | solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly |
