GRE Word List
DISTRACT
to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time
The meaning of the word distract is to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |