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 |
|---|---|
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| wreak | bring about |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| guy | man |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |