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 |
|---|---|
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |