GRE Word List
FUSSY
fastidious; finicky; easily upset
The meaning of the word fussy is fastidious; finicky; easily upset.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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nuptial | related to marriage or the wedding ceremony; N. nuptials: wedding ceremony |
nausea | feeling of sickness and desire to vomit; disgust; CF. seasickness |
affluence | abundance; wealth |
tactful | careful no to cause offence; OP. tactless |
malignant | tending to cause death; highly injurious; aggressively malevolent; Ex. malignant tumor |
plumb | exactly vertical; N: weight on the end of a line; V: examine very carefully or critically in order to understand; measure depth (by sounding); Ex. plumb the depth of |
gobble | eat very quickly |
qualms | uneasy feelings; misgivings; uneasy fears especially about matters of conscience; Ex. I have no qualms about giving this assignment to Helen. |
filing | particle removed by a file |
carapace | shell covering the back (of a turtle, tortoise, crab, etc.) |