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 |
|---|---|
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| irate | roused to ire |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |