GRE Word List
DIVERSION
the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation
The meaning of the word diversion is the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |