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 |
|---|---|
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| hirsute | hairy |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |