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 |
|---|---|
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |