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 |
|---|---|
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
