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 |
|---|---|
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |