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 |
|---|---|
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| fluke | flatfish |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |