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).

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outlandishof or relating to another country : foreign
stoutstrong of character: such as
pitha usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage
oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
cholericeasily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
archipelagoan expanse of water with many scattered islands
ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
languorweakness or weariness of body or mind
bombastpretentious inflated speech or writing
incurto become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself