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apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
The meaning of the word distrait is apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fauna | animal life |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| bulk | magnitude |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |