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 |
|---|---|
| render | to melt down |
| wry | twist |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
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| rescind | to take away : remove |