GRE Word List

ALOFT

at or to a great height

The meaning of the word aloft is at or to a great height.

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insuperableincapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
traverseto go or travel across or over
verdigrisa green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates
finishedentirely done
ramshackleappearing ready to collapse : rickety
exquisitemarked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution
irreparablenot reparable : irremediable
jettisonto get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision
quackto make the characteristic cry of a duck