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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| grotesque | a 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 |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |