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 |
|---|---|
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| nourishment | food |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
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