GRE Word List
LOFTY
elevated in character and spirit : noble
The meaning of the word lofty is elevated in character and spirit : noble.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| mischance | bad luck |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |