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 |
|---|---|
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| trenchant | keen |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |