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 |
|---|---|
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |