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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |