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 |
|---|---|
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |