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 |
|---|---|
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |