GRE Word List
SIFT
to put through a sieve
The meaning of the word sift is to put through a sieve.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| connoisseur | expert |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| acetic | vinegary |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| anesthetic | of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |