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 |
|---|---|
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |