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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WordMeaning
dormantrepresented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
superciliouscoolly and patronizingly haughty
incidentan occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening
immutablenot capable of or susceptible to change
amicablecharacterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable
ramshackleappearing ready to collapse : rickety
rightfuljust
litheeasily bent or flexed
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness