GRE Vocab: Most Common GRE Words (Part-5)

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GRE Vocab: Most Common GRE Words (Part-5)

Involved (adjective)

difficult to understand or deal with; complicated
If a situation or activity is involved, it has a lot of different parts or aspects, often making it difficult to understand, explain, or do.
—The plot of the film was too involved; I couldn't understand it.
—This is quite a complex and involved question with a number of points to be addressed.

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Fastidious (adjective)

overly concerned with details; fussy
If you say that someone is fastidious, you mean that they pay great attention to detail because they like everything to be very neat, accurate, and in good order.
—He is very fastidious about how a suitcase should be packed, arranging each piece of cloth in a separate row.
—The actress was fastidious about her appearance: she used to remove and redo her makeup over and over again.

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Mundane (adjective)

repetitive and boring; of the world, i.e., worldly, as distinguished from heavenly, spiritual, etc.
Something that is mundane is very ordinary and not at all interesting or unusual. A monk does not concern himself with mundane possessions (e.g., money, fame).
—Mundane matters such as watching TV and shopping do not interest her.
—According to the Shinto doctrine, spirits of the dead can act upon the mundane world.

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Pedantic (adjective)

marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
If you think someone is pedantic, you mean that they are too concerned with trivial details or formal rules. A teacher caring too much about unimportant rules or details—and not enough about understanding or appreciating a subject—has a pedantic style.
—Professor Harris had a narrow, pedantic approach to history that put us to sleep.
—They were being unnecessarily pedantic by insisting that Berry himself, and not his wife, should have made the announcement.

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Itinerant (adjective)

travelling from place to place
An itinerant person is someone whose way of life involves travelling around, working for short periods in different places.
—Economic necessity has created a new generation of itinerants.
—He had an itinerant ministry, travelling throughout the vast region encouraging the national missionaries and helping to develop churches.