GRE Word List
DETACHED
standing by itself : separate
The meaning of the word detached is standing by itself : separate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |