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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| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
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| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
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