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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
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| lag | one that lags or is last |
| approbation | commendation |
| ensconce | shelter |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |