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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| mendicant | beggar |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |