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 |
|---|---|
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |