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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| lax | loose |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| hap | happening |