GRE Word List
MANUMIT
to release from slavery
The meaning of the word manumit is to release from slavery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| welter | writhe |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |