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.

Random words

WordMeaning
arch-a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening)
dehydrateto remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water
militateto have weight or effect
busta sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast
sullyto make soiled or tarnished : defile
fancyto have a fancy (see fancy
tarnishto dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil
choreographythe art of symbolically representing dancing
respirationthe movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)