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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emollientmaking soft or supple
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
relican object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr
vicissitudethe quality or state of being changeable : mutability
outstripto go faster or farther than
patronizeto act as patron of : provide aid or support for
syntheticrelating to or involving synthesis : not analytic
formidablecausing fear, dread, or apprehension
dissimulateto hide under a false appearance
specioushaving a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic