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 |
|---|---|
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| influx | a coming in |