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 |
|---|---|
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| stringent | tight |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |