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 |
|---|---|
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| verge | brink |