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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vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
vicissitudethe quality or state of being changeable : mutability
syntheticrelating to or involving synthesis : not analytic
inclementlacking mildness: such as
imbroglioan acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding
subpoenaa writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
vulnerablecapable of being physically or emotionally wounded
sleightdeceitful craftiness
omnipresentpresent in all places at all times