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 |
|---|---|
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| slake | subside |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| indite | make up |