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 |
|---|---|
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |