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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doctrinairestubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations
acmethe highest point or stage
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emanateto come out from a source
corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
fertileproducing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot
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