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 |
|---|---|
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |