GRE Word List
STICKLER
one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something
The meaning of the word stickler is one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| whittle | a large knife |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| lugubrious | mournful |