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 |
|---|---|
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |