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 |
|---|---|
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| gyroscope | a 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 |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |