GRE Word List
DISTRAIT
apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
The meaning of the word distrait is apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |