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 |
|---|---|
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
| evenhanded | fair |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| niggle | trifle |