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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ameliorateto make better or more tolerable
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
vigoractive bodily or mental strength or force
amoralhaving or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong
salubriousfavorable to or promoting health or well-being
enfranchiseto set free (as from slavery)
boorishresembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor
invocationthe act or process of petitioning for help or support
evoketo call forth or up: such as
hierarchya division of angels