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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WordMeaning
impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
ravagean act or practice of ravaging
shirkto go stealthily : sneak
fallibleliable to be erroneous
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
underscoreto draw a line under : underline
rotethe use of memory usually with little intelligence
dilettantea person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler
sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
igneousformed by solidification of magma