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 |
|---|---|
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| inadvertently | unintentional |