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 |
|---|---|
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |