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 |
|---|---|
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| passe | past one's prime |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |