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 |
|---|---|
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |