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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |