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
facilitateto make easier : help bring about
inasmuch_assince; owing to the fact that
machinationsan act of machinating
schematicof or relating to a scheme or schema
tanto make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
pluckto pull or pick off or out
prodigalcharacterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish
ascendancygoverning or controlling influence : domination
repellentserving or tending to drive away or ward off