GRE Word List
DISTANT
separated in space : away
The meaning of the word distant is separated in space : away.
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| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
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| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |