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 |
|---|---|
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| actuary | clerk |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
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| convoke | to call together to a meeting |