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 |
|---|---|
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| whimsy | whim |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |