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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| nutritious | nourishing |
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| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
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