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 |
|---|---|
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |