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 |
|---|---|
| viand | an item of food |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |