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 |
|---|---|
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| random | a haphazard course |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |