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apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
The meaning of the word distrait is apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted.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 |
|---|---|
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| impinge | encroach |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |