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 |
|---|---|
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| facade | the front of a building |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| environ | encircle |