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 |
|---|---|
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| wrath | strong vengeful anger or indignation |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| ensconce | shelter |