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 |
|---|---|
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| freebooter | pirate |