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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| regime | regimen |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |