GRE Word List

PLAINTIVE

expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy

The meaning of the word plaintive is expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy.

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dynamicmarked by usually continuous and productive activity or change
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eerieso mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine