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 |
|---|---|
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |