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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WordMeaning
lamentto mourn aloud : wail
apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
haughtinessblatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior
authoritativehaving, marked by, or proceeding from authority
vampirethe reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep
impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
trampletramp
defaceto mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details
dissimulateto hide under a false appearance
depravitya corrupt act or practice