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Aloof

Pronunciation: uloof

Meaning: Cool and distant, emotionally or physically

Sentence:
1. Even when his entire crew got into an argument, Shaan remained aloof.
2. Priya kept herself aloof from the office politics.


Abyss

Pronunciation: u’bis

Meaning: 1. an immeasurable or endless hole (or hell)
2. A difficult situation that brings trouble or destruction
3. A wide difference between two people, groups, or things

Sentence:
1. Many people believe that Satan waits in an abyss to rise again.
2. Samantha felt she was on the edge of an abyss; one false move and she was done for.
3. The abyss between India and Pakistan has been there since independence