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 |
|---|---|
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| ramification | branch |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |