GRE Word List
SHIFT
to exchange for or replace by another : change
The meaning of the word shift is to exchange for or replace by another : change.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| shove | to push along |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |