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 |
|---|---|
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| mortician | undertaker |
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| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |