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 |
|---|---|
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| puerile | juvenile |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |