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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cognizancea distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing)
sanguinemarked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic
impartto give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
diligencesteady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity
shangri-laa remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
vibrantpulsating with life, vigor, or activity
repealto rescind or annul by authoritative act
pecuniaryconsisting of or measured in money