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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |