GRE Word List
SHUNT
to turn off to one side : shift
The meaning of the word shunt is to turn off to one side : shift.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |