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 |
|---|---|
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| benison | blessing |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| convene | to come together in a body |