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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correlationthe state or relation of being correlated
foregoto go before : precede
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
primaryfirst in order of time or development : primitive
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
supplantto supersede (another) especially by force or treachery
braggarta loud arrogant boaster
bohemiana native or inhabitant of Bohemia
coaxto influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle
predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication