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 |
|---|---|
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |