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 |
|---|---|
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| fuddle | booze |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |