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 |
|---|---|
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |