GRE Word List

SIFT

to put through a sieve

The meaning of the word sift is to put through a sieve.

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WordMeaning
salubriousfavorable to or promoting health or well-being
fecundityfruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific
miasmaa vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
wrongheadedstubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles
hoodwinkto deceive by false appearance : dupe
fiascoa complete failure
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
prurientmarked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire
ironicrelating to, containing, or constituting irony