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

WordMeaning
tardymoving slowly : sluggish
pertinaciousadhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design
lionizeto treat as an object of great interest or importance
ruminateto go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
jubilationan act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant
fidelitythe quality or state of being faithful
immureto enclose within or as if within walls
gustatoryrelating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste
bequeathto give or leave by will (see will
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints