GRE Word List
REMOTE
separated by an interval or space greater than usual
The meaning of the word remote is separated by an interval or space greater than usual.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| minuscule | very small |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |