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 |
|---|---|
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| charlatan | quack |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |