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 |
|---|---|
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| querulous | habitually complaining |