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 |
|---|---|
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |