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 |
|---|---|
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |