GRE Word List
FANCIER
one that has a special liking or interest
The meaning of the word fancier is one that has a special liking or interest.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| docile | easily taught |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |