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 |
|---|---|
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |