GRE Word List

OBSEQUIOUS

marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

The meaning of the word obsequious is marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness.

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mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
exemplifyto show or illustrate by example
inerrancyexemption from error : infallibility
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
machinationsan act of machinating
submissivesubmitting to others
aproposbeing both relevant and opportune
illusiona misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion