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 |
|---|---|
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| parlance | speech |