GRE Word List

PUNCTILIOUS

marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions

The meaning of the word punctilious is marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions.

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WordMeaning
foregoto go before : precede
probea slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity)
morbidof, relating to, or characteristic of disease
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
annihilateto cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains
gestateto carry in the uterus during pregnancy
bridlethe headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
bestowto put to use : apply
vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about