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 |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| whittle | a large knife |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |