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 |
|---|---|
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |