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 |
|---|---|
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| veracious | truthful |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |