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 |
|---|---|
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| clown | farmer |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |