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 |
|---|---|
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |