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Word of the Day – Chimera

  • Noun:  Chimera
    1. (in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.
    2. any mythical animal with parts taken from various animals.
    3. an individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution
    4. a thing that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve.
  •  Synonyms:
    1. illusion
    2. fantasy
    3. delusion
    4. dream
    5. daydream
    6. pipe dream
    7. figment of the/one’s imagination
    8. castle in the air
    9. mirage
  • Usage:
    1. “Conscience is the chaos of chimeras, of lusts, and of temptations; the furnace of dreams; the lair of ideas of which we are ashamed; it is the pandemonium of sophisms; it is the battlefield of the passions. .”
  • Encountered:
    1.  While reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

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