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 |
|---|---|
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| gnome | maxim |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| ramification | branch |