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 |
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fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
relegate | to send into exile : banish |
concentric | having a common center |
pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
assail | to attack violently : assault |
charlatan | quack |