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
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redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
longevity | a long duration of individual life |
flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
overblown | past the prime of bloom |
preternatural | existing outside of nature |
patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |