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 |
|---|---|
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| scion | descendant |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |