rarefied
/RAIR-uh-fyde/adjectiveesoteric and remote from ordinary life; of thin air
“Prize committees move in rarefied circles.”
- Synonyms
- exclusive, esoteric, elevated
- Antonyms
- common, accessible
- Memory hook
- rare + fied: air and company grown thin.
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