GRE Word List
QUIXOTIC
foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals
The meaning of the word quixotic is foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |