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 |
|---|---|
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |