GRE Word List

OFFICIOUS

volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome

The meaning of the word officious is volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome.

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abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
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mingleto bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
stridentcharacterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound
outragean act of violence or brutality
tutelageinstruction especially of an individual
chroniclea historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation
bereavedsuffering the death of a loved one
resoundto become filled with sound : reverberate