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 |
|---|---|
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |