GRE Word List
WAIF
a stray person or animal
The meaning of the word waif is a stray person or animal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slapdash | haphazard |
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| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
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| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |