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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concatenatelinked together
repineto feel or express dejection or discontent : complain
apeany of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon)
acclimateto adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation
regimena systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient
sadisticof, relating to, or characterized by sadism
slinkto go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord
intoxicateto excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished
wontaccustomed