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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |