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 |
|---|---|
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| progeny | descendants |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |