GRE Word List
WISP
a small handful (as of hay or straw)
The meaning of the word wisp is a small handful (as of hay or straw).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| encumber | weigh down |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |