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 |
|---|---|
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |