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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rifeprevalent especially to an increasing degree
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staccatocut short or apart in performing : disconnected
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
bemoanto express deep grief or distress over
clamornoisy shouting
bulliongold or silver considered as so much metal