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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |