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 |
|---|---|
| actuarial | calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics |
| estimable | (of a person) worthy of esteem; admirable; deserving esteem; possible to estimate |
| sleeper | one that achieves unexpected success; something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable |
| imponderable | weightless; that cannot undergo precise evaluation; CF. pound |
| forsake | desert; abandon; renounce |
| invalid | one incapacitated(disabled) by a chronic illness; ADJ: incapacitated by illness; not valid; null; V: allow to leave (a military force) because of ill-health |
| coalition | partnership; league; union of separate political parties |
| harangue | long, passionate, and vehement speech; V. |
| plummet | fall sharply; fall straight down; Ex. Stock prices plummeted. |
| unregenerate | making no attempt to change one's bad practices |
