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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WordMeaning
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as
fidelitythe quality or state of being faithful
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
wreakbring about
jovialcharacterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly
engenderbeget
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
aversiona feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it
listlesscharacterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit