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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| mendicant | beggar |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |