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 |
|---|---|
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |