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 |
|---|---|
| dire | exciting horror |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |