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 |
|---|---|
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |