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 |
|---|---|
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |