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 |
|---|---|
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |