GRE Word List
WISPY
a small handful (as of hay or straw)
The meaning of the word wispy is a small handful (as of hay or straw).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |