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 |
|---|---|
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| cohorts | companion |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| repercussion | reflection |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |