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 |
|---|---|
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |