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 |
|---|---|
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| append | attach |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |