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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libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
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parryto ward off a weapon or blow
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explicitfully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent
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rotethe use of memory usually with little intelligence
dappledmarked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background
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