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 |
|---|---|
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |