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1SAT words from 'despair' to 'digress'by SAT_ghost50 termsFebruary 7, 2006
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digress definitions
# Definition Sets
1to stray from the main subject60 sets
2wander off the subject26 sets
3to deviate from20 sets
4turn aside; get off the main topic; deviate19 sets
5to wander off from the subject or topic spoken about18 sets
6to stray away from the subject18 sets
7to go off the subject18 sets
8lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking17 sets
9wander from a direct or straight course14 sets
10turn aside from the subject12 sets
11to wander away from the main topic or argument12 sets
12to wander off the point or topic12 sets
13v. to turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter.11 sets
14to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent9 sets
15to turn aside from the main subject9 sets
16to move away from the main topic when writing or speaking; to go off on a tangent9 sets
17to turn aside, especially from the main point; to stray from the subject9 sets
18to move away form the topic at hand; ramble8 sets
19to stray from the main topic8 sets
20deviate7 sets
21to go off subject7 sets
22ramble7 sets
23to go off topic7 sets
24leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing7 sets
25to move away from the topic at hand; ramble7 sets
26depart temporarily from the main subject6 sets
27to turn aside6 sets
28to deviate from the original subject or course6 sets
29to depart from the main subject6 sets
30to wander off course in speaking or writing6 sets
31to wander off the subject6 sets
32stray from subject6 sets
33to turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter.6 sets
34to stray from the main topic in writing or speaking; to turn aside6 sets
35to stray from the subject when writing or speaking5 sets
36to turn aside from the main subject in speaking or writing5 sets
37to stray from the subject5 sets
38to wander from the topic (v)5 sets
39to turn aside; to stray from the main point5 sets
40to turn aside from the main topic5 sets