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 |
|---|---|
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| polity | political organization |