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Wistful (adj.) Wistful….. Wistful person wants many girls but his wish never fulfilled so he always feel wistful. (Courtesy: thecoast.fm ) Meaning: >> a wistful memoir >> a wistful glance (Courtesy: rasmusen.org ) >> full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy >> musingly sad >> When our eyes first met, she regarded me with [...]
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Wistful (adj.)
Wistful….. Wistful person wants many girls but his wish never fulfilled so he always feel wistful.
(Courtesy: thecoast.fm )
Meaning:
>> a wistful memoir
>> a wistful glance
(Courtesy: rasmusen.org )
>> full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy
>> musingly sad
>> When our eyes first met, she regarded me with a wistful, questioning look.
Wistful (adj)
A) pensive
B) dreamily thoughtful
C) sombre
D) flippant
E) reflective
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Glaucia
#2.
November 25th, 2006, at 8:15 PM.
Flippant letter D
vidyuth
#3.
December 28th, 2006, at 8:07 PM.
i think d is the ans
prassu
#4.
December 28th, 2006, at 11:08 PM.
c
latron
#5.
December 29th, 2006, at 2:55 AM.
I believe the answer is c
Gláucia
#6.
December 29th, 2006, at 7:38 PM.
Letter A actually
phani
#7.
December 30th, 2006, at 1:07 AM.
wistful means yearning for something ie seriously wanting something-
flippant means frivolous or not so serious
so ans is D-flippant
vineeta
#8.
January 9th, 2007, at 8:08 PM.
Please tell correct answer
GRE Word of The Day Team
#9.
January 9th, 2007, at 8:28 PM.
Guysssssssssssssssssssss It is D.
sweety
#10.
February 3rd, 2007, at 7:28 PM.
yeh ans i D MAN ,WHO DO NOT KNOW THE ANS BETTTER DO NOT WRITE GRE
Sundeep
#11.
February 27th, 2007, at 12:05 PM.
Antonym -> D
Synonym -> A
Manav
#12.
June 14th, 2009, at 12:47 AM.
yes, exactly:
Wistful – sadly pensive – thoughtful sadness
so syn: pensive (A)
ant: flippant – lacking seriousness/thoughfulness
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#1. August 1st, 2006, at 9:02 AM.
D.