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 |
|---|---|
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |