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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| Word | Meaning |
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| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
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| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |