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 |
|---|---|
| unfrock | defrock |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |