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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| Word | Meaning |
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| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |