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 |
|---|---|
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| replicate | duplicate |
| acetic | vinegary |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |