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

WordMeaning
jocosegiven to joking : merry
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
dramaa composition (see composition
indefatigableincapable of being fatigued : untiring
commonplacecommonly found or seen : ordinary
tonsurethe Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head
relentto become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
disenfranchiseto deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
unaccountablenot to be accounted for : inexplicable