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 |
|---|---|
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |