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 |
|---|---|
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |