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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coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
loftyelevated in character and spirit : noble
festerto generate pus
probityadherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness
shoddya reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo
wardthe action or process of guarding
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
extricateto free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
overbearingtending to overwhelm : overpowering
litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")