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 |
|---|---|
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |