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 |
|---|---|
| plait | pleat |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| forebears | ancestor |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| rarefied | being less dense |