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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |