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 |
|---|---|
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| marked | having an identifying mark |