GRE Word List
MANUMIT
to release from slavery
The meaning of the word manumit is to release from slavery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fiend | devil |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |