GRE Word List

SIFT

to put through a sieve

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

Random words

WordMeaning
legerdemainsleight of hand
covetousmarked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions
melancholydepression of spirits : dejection
nubileof marriageable condition or age
fortuitousoccurring by chance
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
balkto refuse abruptly
conspireplot
parquetto furnish with a floor of parquet
abstractdisassociated from any specific instance