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 |
|---|---|
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |