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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

fantastic/ fantastical

That was a ____ research job you did for the company.

A) fantastic
B) fantasy
C) fantasize
D) fantastical

The answer key says A is correct. I checked the dictionary and found D) equals A). Is this an idiomatic issue ? Please advise.

LC
  

Top answer

"Fantastic" means: 1) imaginative or fanciful; remote from reality • of extraordinary size or degree • (of a shape or design) bizarre or exotic; seeming more appropriate to a fairy tale than to reality or practical use 2) extraordinarily good or attractive "Fantastical" only shares the meaning of 1) - not of 2) ... That's why only A) is the correct answer.

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  • "Fantastic" means: 1) imaginative or fanciful; remote from reality • of extraordinary size or degree • (of a shape or design) bizarre or exotic; seeming more appropriate to a fairy tale than to reality or practical use 2) extraordinarily good or attractive "Fantastical" only shares the meaning of 1) - not of 2) ...
  • That's why only A) is the correct answer.
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"Fantastic" means:

1) imaginative or fanciful; remote from reality
• of extraordinary size or degree
• (of a shape or design) bizarre or exotic; seeming more appropriate to a fairy tale than to reality or practical use

2) extraordinarily good or attractive

"Fantastical" only shares the meaning of 1) - not of 2)

... That's why only A) is the correct a
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I see. Thank you very much.

LC
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I am looking for an answer, not a question!
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AnonymousI am looking for an answer, not a question!

To what??
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