GRE Word List
AVERT
to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance
The meaning of the word avert is to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance.
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adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
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plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
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