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 |
|---|---|
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| shambles | a meat market |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| 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) |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |
| impuissance | weakness |