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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WordMeaning
bucolicof or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral
feralof, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast
mealymouthednot plain and straightforward : devious
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
verbalizeto express something in words
moribundbeing in the state of dying : approaching death
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
incurto become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself