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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unsavoryinsipid
decapitateto cut off the head of : behead
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dispenseto divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions
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flicka light sharp jerky stroke or movement
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite