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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WordMeaning
severto put or keep apart : divide
overblownpast the prime of bloom
comatoseof, resembling, or affected with coma
futileserving no useful purpose : completely ineffective
punyslight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak
egotismexcessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun
rendto remove from place by violence : wrest
myopicaffected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted
ductilecapable of being drawn out (see draw
interiman intervening time : interval