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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| slake | subside |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| unfrock | defrock |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| hydrophobia | rabies |