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
fictitiousof, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary
fitacceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper
upshotthe final result : outcome
predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication
warpa series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft
secessionwithdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement
aggregateformed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective
volitionthe power of choosing or determining : will
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
rotundmarked by roundness : rounded