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 |
|---|---|
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| residual | remainder |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| chafe | irritate |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |