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 |
|---|---|
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |