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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |