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 |
|---|---|
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |