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 |
|---|---|
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |