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 |
|---|---|
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |