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

WordMeaning
duplicitycontradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
supinelying on the back or with the face upward
impromptumade, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised
cremateto subject to cremation
elopeto run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent
ironicrelating to, containing, or constituting irony
sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous
anathemasomeone or something intensely disliked or loathed
artfulperformed with or showing art or skill
ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness