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 |
|---|---|
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |