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 |
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fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
clip | encompass |
malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
haggard | not tamed |