GRE Word List
DEFLECT
to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction
The meaning of the word deflect is to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| canny | clever |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |