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 |
|---|---|
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| paradigm | example |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |