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 |
|---|---|
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
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| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
