GRE Word List
MANUMIT
to release from slavery
The meaning of the word manumit is to release from slavery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| anthem | a song or hymn of praise or gladness |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |