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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |