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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usagefirmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure
revulsiona strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
dynamicmarked by usually continuous and productive activity or change
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
harrowingacutely distressing or painful
rectifyto set right : remedy
apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
augustmarked by majestic dignity or grandeur
amassto collect for oneself : accumulate