GRE Word List

WAIF

a stray person or animal

The meaning of the word waif is a stray person or animal.

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WordMeaning
expropriateto deprive of possession or proprietary rights
chaperona person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety
monotheismthe doctrine or belief that there is but one God
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
audita formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
misanthropea person who hates or distrusts humankind
gauchelacking social experience or grace
forda shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading
mortifyto subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame