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 |
|---|---|
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |