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 |
|---|---|
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| document | proof |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |