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 |
|---|---|
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| encumber | weigh down |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |