GRE Word List
CHIMERICAL
fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature
The meaning of the word chimerical is fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| covetous | avaricious; desirous of (someone else's possessions); V. covet: desire eagerly (someone else's possessions) |
| bane | posion; cause of ruin; ADJ. baneful: harmful; poisonous |
| bungle | mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil by clumsy behavior |
| undermine | weaken gradually; sap; dig a mine beneath |
| apocalyptic | prophetic; pertaining to revelations especially of disaster; N. apocalypse |
| unprecedented | having no previous example; novel; unparalleled |
| polemic | attack or defense of an opinion; controversy or refutation; argument in support of point of view; N. polemics: art of debate or controversy |
| discordant | not harmonious; conflicting |
| arboreal | of or living in trees |
| pluck | courage; V: pull off or out; pull out the hair or feathers of; ADJ. plucky: courageous; brave |
