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 |
|---|---|
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |