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 |
|---|---|
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
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| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |