GRE Word List
DISTANT
separated in space : away
The meaning of the word distant is separated in space : away.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distend | extend |
| impinge | encroach |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| cursive | running |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |