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 |
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| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |