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 |
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stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
figment | something made up or contrived |
memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |