GRE Word List
DISTRACT
to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time
The meaning of the word distract is to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
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| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |