GRE Word List
DETACHED
standing by itself : separate
The meaning of the word detached is standing by itself : separate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ramification | branch |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| fete | festival |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |