GRE Word List
ALOFT
at or to a great height
The meaning of the word aloft is at or to a great height.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| antecedents | a 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") |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |