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 |
|---|---|
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| motley | variegated in color |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |