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 |
|---|---|
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |