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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WordMeaning
predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication
clandestinemarked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious
engulfto flow over and enclose : overwhelm
amplifyto expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis
depleteto empty of a principal substance
decryto depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
foilto prevent from attaining an end : defeat
tumultdisorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion
tarnishto dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil