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 |
|---|---|
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |