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 |
|---|---|
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
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| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |