Word List: man, manu = hand

Flashcards covering vocabulary terms based on the root words 'man' and 'manu', meaning 'hand'.

man, manu

hand

emancipate (v)

to set free; to lend a hand in freeing someone; to release from someone's hands

manacles (n)

handcuffs

manager (n)

a person who has the upper hand; a person who is in charge of someone or something

mandate (n)

an order or command placed in one's hands

maneuver (v)

to handily or skillfully go around something

manicure (n)

a treatment for the hands and nails

manipulate (v)

to skillfully operate by hand

manual (n)

a handbook; a book of directions

manufacture (v)

to make by hand or by machine; to change raw material into a new product

manuscript (n)

a handwritten or typed piece of writing, such as a book