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 |
|---|---|
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |