GRE Word List
PLAINTIVE
expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
The meaning of the word plaintive is expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| violate | break |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| passe | past one's prime |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |