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 |
|---|---|
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |