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 |
|---|---|
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |