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 |
|---|---|
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |