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apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
The meaning of the word distrait is apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted.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 |
|---|---|
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| snivel | to run at the nose |