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
smughighly self-satisfied
pell-mellin mingled confusion or disorder
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
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recumbentsuggestive of repose : leaning
beholdenbeing under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted
verdantgreen in tint or color
grazeto feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton
incubateto sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body
minutethe 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds