GRE Word List
DETACHED
standing by itself : separate
The meaning of the word detached is standing by itself : separate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| amend | to put right |