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 |
|---|---|
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |