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 |
|---|---|
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |