GRE Word List
DISTRACT
take (one's attention) off something; upset emotionally; make anxious; ADJ. distracted
The meaning of the word distract is take (one's attention) off something; upset emotionally; make anxious; ADJ. distracted.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bereft | deprived of (something valuable); lacking |
| curfew | regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times; signal (as a bell) announcing the hour of a curfew |
| gleam | brief flash of light; glow; V. |
| supplant | take the place of unfairly; usurp; replace |
| incentive | spur; motive; something which encourages one to greater activity |
| venison | meat of a deer; CF. cow: beef; CF. pig: pork, ham, bacon; CF. calf: veal; CF. sheep: mutton; CF. lamb: lamb |
| premise | assumption; postulate; proposition upon which an argument is based |
| addiction | compulsive habitual need |
| innate | inborn |
| low | moo; make the sound of a cow |
