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 |
|---|---|
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| prattle | prate |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |