GRE Word List
ALOOF
removed or distant either physically or emotionally
The meaning of the word aloof is removed or distant either physically or emotionally.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| 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") |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| oligarchy | government by the few |