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 |
|---|---|
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| purported | reputed |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |