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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| wanton | merciless |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
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| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
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| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |