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 |
|---|---|
| hap | happening |
| juncture | a point of time |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |