GRE Word List
ALTERCATION
a noisy, heated, angry dispute
The meaning of the word altercation is a noisy, heated, angry dispute.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| slake | subside |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| spare | not being used |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| phenomena | phenomenon |