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 |
|---|---|
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |