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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |