GRE Word List

DETACHED

standing by itself : separate

The meaning of the word detached is standing by itself : separate.

Random words

WordMeaning
unaccountablenot to be accounted for : inexplicable
motea small particle : speck
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
congenialpleasant
economythe structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period
copiousyielding something abundantly
sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous
equivocalsubject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse
raconteura person who excels in telling anecdotes
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval