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

WordMeaning
communetalk over
stipenda fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses
alimentaryof or relating to nourishment or nutrition
cardiologistthe study of the heart and its action and diseases
peruseto examine or consider with attention and in detail : study
coalitionthe act of coalescing : union
requisitionthe act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action
littera covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger
transcendentaltranscendent
claviclea bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum