GRE Word List
WANDERLUST
strong longing for or impulse toward wandering
The meaning of the word wanderlust is strong longing for or impulse toward wandering.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |