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apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
The meaning of the word distrait is apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted.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 |
|---|---|
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |