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 |
|---|---|
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| pitfall | trap |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |