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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circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
scintilla | spark |
vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
sophist | philosopher |
luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |