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 |
|---|---|
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |