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 |
|---|---|
| comprise | to be made up of |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |