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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|---|---|
| encumber | weigh down |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
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| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |