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 |
|---|---|
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| expound | to set forth : state |