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 |
|---|---|
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| spate | freshet |
| imbibe | drink |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |