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apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
The meaning of the word distrait is apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted.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 |
|---|---|
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |