GRE Word List

MEDDLESOME

given to meddling

The meaning of the word meddlesome is given to meddling.

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atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
heresyadherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma
putridbeing in a state of putrefaction : rotten
factiousof or relating to faction: such as
confinesomething (such as borders or walls) that encloses
cataracta clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
abateto decrease in force or intensity
idyllicpleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
deviouswandering