GRE Word List
FANCIFUL
marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
The meaning of the word fanciful is marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| drab | slattern |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| cryptic | secret |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |