GRE Word List
ADVERT
to turn the mind or attention
The meaning of the word advert is to turn the mind or attention.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |