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 |
|---|---|
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |