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 |
|---|---|
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |