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 |
|---|---|
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| categorical | absolute |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |