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 |
|---|---|
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |