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 |
|---|---|
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| gnome | maxim |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |