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 |
|---|---|
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| postulate | demand |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |