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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conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
harass | exhaust |
prosperous | auspicious |