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 |
|---|---|
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| repercussion | reflection |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |