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 |
|---|---|
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |