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 |
|---|---|
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |