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.

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phalanxa body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files
naivetea naive remark or action
apathylack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness
searbeing dried and withered
emissaryone designated as the agent of another : representative
tarnishto dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
conclusiveof, relating to, or being a conclusion
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
deploreto feel or express grief for