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 |
|---|---|
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| frail | easily led into evil |