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
veritablebeing in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary
dissonancelack of agreement
deflectto turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction
mendicantbeggar
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
parcheddeprived of natural moisture
timbrethe quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as
repletefully or abundantly provided or filled
superciliouscoolly and patronizingly haughty
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter