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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| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
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| lugubrious | mournful |
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