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 |
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legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
requiem | a mass for the dead |
hirsute | hairy |
disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
repel | to drive back : repulse |
convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |