GRE Word List
WAFT
to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium
The meaning of the word waft is to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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") |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| shove | to push along |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |