GRE Word List
DUTIFUL
filled with or motivated by a sense of duty
The meaning of the word dutiful is filled with or motivated by a sense of duty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |