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 |
|---|---|
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |