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.

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WordMeaning
ballasta heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)
scourgewhip
retractto draw back or in
formalitycompliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
effronteryshameless boldness : insolence
queasycausing nausea
tonsurethe Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head
ejaculationan act of ejaculating
abscissionthe act or process of cutting off : removal