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 |
|---|---|
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| amend | to put right |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |