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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novaa star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years
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quandarya state of perplexity or doubt
dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
malfeasancewrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official
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gambolto skip about in play : frisk
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gnarledfull of knots or gnarls : knotty