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 |
|---|---|
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| appease | pacify |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| distant | separated in space : away |