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 |
|---|---|
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| prattle | prate |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| introvert | a person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |