GRE Word List
DETACHED
standing by itself : separate
The meaning of the word detached is standing by itself : separate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| fauna | animal life |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |