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 |
|---|---|
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| avow | to declare assuredly |