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 |
|---|---|
| declivity | downward inclination |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| cataclysm | flood |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
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