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 |
|---|---|
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| plait | pleat |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |