divagate
UK/'daivә^eit/US
GRE
Definitions
v.
To wander or stray away from the subject; to digress
离题，岔开话题；漫谈
Root Breakdown
Root-deriveddi- (apart, aside) + vagārī (to wander) + -ate (verb) = 'to wander aside.' Literally to roam away from a path; figuratively, to wander away from your topic — to digress. A formal, literary word for going off on a tangent.
Root vag still carries 9 more wordsExample Sentences
- 1.
The lecturer tended to divagate, drifting far from the main point.
- 2.
Let me not divagate; back to the question at hand.