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
explicitfully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent
emendto correct usually by textual alterations
untenablenot able to be defended
lista simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects)
maniacalaffected with or suggestive of madness
complacencyself-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
uxoriousexcessively fond of or submissive to a wife
metricalof, relating to, or composed in meter
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
seemlygood-looking