GRE Word List
WINNOW
to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air
The meaning of the word winnow is to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |