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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genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
amphibian | an amphibious organism |
scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
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duration | continuance in time |
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gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |