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 |
|---|---|
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |