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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perversionthe action of perverting : the condition of being perverted
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
placidserenely free of interruption or disturbance
theoreticalexisting only in theory : hypothetical
preemptto acquire (something, such as land) by preemption
crinkleto form many short bends or ripples
malfeasancewrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official
jovialcharacterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly
gratuitousnot called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted
incorporateto unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole