GRE Word List

WISTFUL

full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy

The meaning of the word wistful is full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy.

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masona skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick)
expiateto make amends for
agapewide open : gaping
enamoredaffected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination
supinelying on the back or with the face upward
whima capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy
decelerateto reduce the speed of : slow down
haplesshaving no luck : unfortunate
obsidiana dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava
incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical