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 |
|---|---|
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| convention | agreement |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| mulct | fine |