GRE Word List
SHED
to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted
The meaning of the word shed is to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |