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 |
|---|---|
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |