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 |
|---|---|
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |