GRE Word List
CHIMERICAL
existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
The meaning of the word chimerical is existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary.
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| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
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| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| galvanic | of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
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| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |