GRE Word List

WHIFF

a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray

The meaning of the word whiff is a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray.

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unexceptionablenot open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable
grovelto creep with the face to the ground : crawl
contaminateto soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association
decadencethe process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent
teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
sounda particular auditory impression : tone