officious

Day 47Level 2

uh-FIHSH-uhs

meddlesome

too eager to offer advice; meddlesome

Part of Speech: adjective

Antonyms:

timid, shy

Example Sentence:

Airport security agents can often be officious, overbearing and arrogant.

Related Words

very bad

uh-BIZ-muhl

extremely bad; immeasurable

highest point

AAK-mee

highest point

preceding

aan-TEER-ee-uhr

previous, preceding, before, prior (to)

dissonance

kuh-KAH-fuh-nee

harsh, discordant sound; dissonance

social class

kast

any of the hereditary social class of Hindu society

intellectual

SER-uh-bruhl

intellectual