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apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
The meaning of the word distrait is apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted.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 |
|---|---|
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| forte | one's strong point |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |