GRE Word List
SHUN
to avoid deliberately and especially habitually
The meaning of the word shun is to avoid deliberately and especially habitually.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| feint | something feigned |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |