GRE Word List
PUNCTILIOUS
minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points; stressing niceties of conduct or form; N. punctilio, punctiliousness: careful attention payed to every small exact detail
The meaning of the word punctilious is minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points; stressing niceties of conduct or form; N. punctilio, punctiliousness: careful attention payed to every small exact detail.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compile | assemble; gather; accumulate; make (a report or a book) from facts and information found in various places; Ex. compile a dictionary |
| loiter | hang about/around; stand idly about; linger |
| animated | lively; spirited |
| travail | strenuous work; toil; painful labor; labor of childbirth |
| tarry | linger; delay in starting or going; dawdle |
| recalcitrant | disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished; obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; Ex. recalcitrant child |
| solvent | substance that dissolves another; ADJ: capable of dissolving another substance |
| contention | assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition |
| rumble | make or move with a deep rolling sound (as thunder or stomach) |
| defile | pollute; make filthy or dirty; corrupt morally; profane; desecrate; N: narrow passage or gorge through mountains |
