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 |
|---|---|
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| deify | to make a god of |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| viand | an item of food |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |