GRE Word List
METICULOUS
marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details
The meaning of the word meticulous is marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| steep | lofty |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |