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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WordMeaning
apothecaryone who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes
duplicitycontradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
tendermarked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond
aggrandizeto make great or greater : increase
plastera medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance
flushto fly away suddenly
repositorya place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository
fanciedimagined or believed to be true or real
innocuousproducing no injury : harmless
deploreto feel or express grief for