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 |
|---|---|
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| condign | deserved |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |