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 |
|---|---|
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| flair | a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |