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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| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
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