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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|---|---|
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
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