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 |
|---|---|
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| dire | exciting horror |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| unfrock | defrock |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| seasoned | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |