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
meteoricof or relating to a meteor
cynicalhaving or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as
perpetrateto bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit
rancorbitter deep-seated ill will
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
plebeiana member of the Roman plebs
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
pithyconsisting of or abounding in pith
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
indulgeto yield to the desire of : humor