GRE Word List
NOSTALGIA
a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
The meaning of the word nostalgia is a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |