GRE Word List
MANUMIT
to release from slavery
The meaning of the word manumit is to release from slavery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| environ | encircle |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |