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 |
|---|---|
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |