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 |
|---|---|
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| profligate | wildly extravagant |
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| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
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| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
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| retain | to keep in possession or use |