GRE Word List

SIFT

to put through a sieve

The meaning of the word sift is to put through a sieve.

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etherealof or relating to the regions beyond the earth
inquisitorone who inquires or makes inquisition
simplisticexcessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details
hypercriticalmeticulously or excessively critical
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
adjointo add or attach by joining
honeto sharpen or smooth with a whetstone
polaritythe quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles
enormityan outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act
gnarledfull of knots or gnarls : knotty