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 |
|---|---|
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| alleviate | relieve |
| circlet | a little circle |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| retrench | cut down |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |