GRE Word List
MANUMIT
to release from slavery
The meaning of the word manumit is to release from slavery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |