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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WordMeaning
fettera chain or shackle for the feet
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
precipitateto throw violently : hurl
askancewith disapproval or distrust : scornfully
tutelaryhaving the guardianship of a person or a thing
indignationanger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean
trepidationa nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension
debristhe remains of something broken down or destroyed
carcinogenicproducing or tending to produce cancer
fledglinga young bird just fledged (see fledge