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 |
|---|---|
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| consort | associate |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |