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 |
|---|---|
| blackball | to vote against |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| submerge | to put under water |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |