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 |
|---|---|
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |