GRE Word List
FINICKY
too particular; fussy; difficult to please; too concerned with unimportant details or quality; Ex. finicky about her food
The meaning of the word finicky is too particular; fussy; difficult to please; too concerned with unimportant details or quality; Ex. finicky about her food.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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pliable | flexible; easily influenced; yielding; adaptable |
artery | blood-vessel; CF. vein |
transpire | (of a fact) become known; be revealed; happen; give off (watery waste matter) through pores |
overwrought | nervous or excited; extremely agitated; hysterical; wrought-up; CF. wrought: made or done |
misogynist | hater of woman; CF. misogyny |
taper | very thin candle; gradual decrease in the width of a long object; V. make or become gradually narrower toward one end |
voluptuous | sensual; of or giving sensual pleasure; indulging in sensual pleasures; Ex. voluptuous lines; Ex. voluptuous life of the Romans; N. voluptuary: voluptuous person |
mishap | unfortunate accident |
respiration | breathing; exhalation; ADJ. respiratory |
abridge | condense or shorten |