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 |
|---|---|
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |