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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |