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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elysiumthe abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology
heterodoxcontrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox
erroneouscontaining or characterized by error : mistaken
remunerativeserving to remunerate
fecundityfruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific
relapsethe act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
anguishextreme pain, distress, or anxiety
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)