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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WordMeaning
immunenot susceptible or responsive
disengageto release from something that engages or involves
temperatehaving a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
dissipateto break up and drive off
petulantinsolent or rude in speech or behavior
inopportuneinconvenient
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
deprecateto express disapproval of
conspiracythe act of conspiring together
disapprobationthe act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation