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 |
|---|---|
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| guileless | innocent |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |