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 |
|---|---|
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| aloft | at or to a great height |