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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expiate | to make amends for |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |