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 |
|---|---|
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |