GRE Word List
FASTIDIOUS
showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care
The meaning of the word fastidious is showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |