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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| reckon | count |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |