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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righteousacting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin
historicalof, relating to, or having the character of history
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
earnto receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered
inferto derive as a conclusion from facts or premises
passiveacted upon by an external agency
indomitableincapable of being subdued : unconquerable
adeptthoroughly proficient : expert
derivationthe formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)
putridbeing in a state of putrefaction : rotten