GRE Word List
ALTERCATION
a noisy, heated, angry dispute
The meaning of the word altercation is a noisy, heated, angry dispute.
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| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
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| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
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| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| addle | rotten |
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| significant | having meaning |