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 |
|---|---|
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
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| dour | stern |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |