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 |
|---|---|
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |