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 |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| application | an act of applying: |
| viand | an item of food |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |