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.

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confidencea feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances
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havocwide and general destruction : devastation
abetto actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan)
collaborateto work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor
enticeto attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt
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cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
consequentialof the nature of a secondary result : indirect