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 |
|---|---|
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| wanton | merciless |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |