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 |
|---|---|
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |