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 |
|---|---|
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| quench | put out |
| hubbub | noise |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |