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 |
|---|---|
| remnant | a usually small part, member, or trace remaining |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |