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.

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malignevil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious
quaffto drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously
contingentdependent on or conditioned by something else
idlenot occupied or employed: such as
reprehensibleworthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable
rentproperty (such as a house) rented or for rent
feeblemindedimpaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability
dominaterule
sacrosanctmost sacred or holy : inviolable
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life