GRE Word List
SHUN
to avoid deliberately and especially habitually
The meaning of the word shun is to avoid deliberately and especially habitually.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |