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 |
|---|---|
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| stilted | pompous |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |