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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ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
denomination | an act of denominating |
miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
commune | talk over |
frigid | intensely cold |