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 |
|---|---|
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |