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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|---|---|
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
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| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
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| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
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| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
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