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 |
|---|---|
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |