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 |
|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |