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 |
|---|---|
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |