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 |
|---|---|
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| environ | encircle |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |