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 |
|---|---|
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |