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 |
|---|---|
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |