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 |
|---|---|
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| mystic | mystical |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |