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 |
|---|---|
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| connoisseur | expert |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| hirsute | hairy |
| equestrian | of, relating to, or featuring horseback riding |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |