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.

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WordMeaning
sumptuousextremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent
glareto shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light
artisana worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
presentimenta feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition
sordidmarked by baseness or grossness : vile
impartto give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store
equinoxeither of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
somaticof, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm