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 |
|---|---|
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |