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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WordMeaning
skeptican adherent or advocate of skepticism
shiftto exchange for or replace by another : change
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously
amplifyto expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis
puckerto become wrinkled or constricted
warrena place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant)
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
tiradea protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language
premeditateto think about and revolve in the mind beforehand
paramourlover