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 |
|---|---|
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| alleviate | relieve |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |