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 |
|---|---|
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
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| cadaver | a dead body |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |