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 |
|---|---|
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| stout | strong of character: such as |