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.

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archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
gaudyostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
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dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
sartorialof or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes