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.

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WordMeaning
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
formalitycompliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
blanchto take the color out of
dismissto permit or cause to leave
indulgentwilling to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence
anthema song or hymn of praise or gladness
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
rolling(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments