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
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petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
anachronism | an error in chronology |
rational | having reason or understanding |
shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
rig | to fit out with rigging |
malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
cadaver | a dead body |