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 |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| retiring | reserved |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |