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 |
|---|---|
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |