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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subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
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fervid | very hot : burning |
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supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |