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 |
|---|---|
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| demerit | offense |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |