GRE Word List
ESCHEW
to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun
The meaning of the word eschew is to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |