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 |
|---|---|
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| license | permission to act |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| paradigm | example |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |