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 |
|---|---|
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| fluke | flatfish |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |