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
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
immaculatespotlessly clean
lavishexpending or bestowing profusely : prodigal
impeachto charge with a crime or misdemeanor
polaritythe quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles
amalgamateto unite in or as if in an amalgam
infringeto encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another
ephemerallasting a very short time
hindmostfarthest to the rear : last