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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rationalizeto bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as
anodyneserving to alleviate pain
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relapsethe act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding
unregeneratenot regenerate
impoverishto make poor
obtrudeto thrust out : extrude
earmarka mark of identification on the ear of an animal
destitutelacking something needed or desirable
whorla drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle