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 |
|---|---|
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| forlorn | bereft |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |