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 |
|---|---|
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| comestible | edible |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| wry | twist |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |