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 |
|---|---|
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| stilted | pompous |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |