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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torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
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bludgeona short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon
consanguineousof the same blood or origin
compulsivehaving power to compel
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
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wholesomepromoting health or well-being of mind or spirit