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 |
|---|---|
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| concentric | having a common center |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| charlatan | quack |