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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predecessorone that precedes
vipera common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
contemptthe act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain
gainsayto declare to be untrue or invalid
versatileembracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills
venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
lumenthe cavity of a tubular organ or part
touchymarked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid