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 |
|---|---|
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| condign | deserved |
| pending | during |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |