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 |
|---|---|
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |