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 |
|---|---|
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| brink | edge |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |