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apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
The meaning of the word distrait is apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted.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 |
|---|---|
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| lampoon | satire |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |