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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| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
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| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
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| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |