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 |
|---|---|
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |