GRE Word List
CAPTIOUS
marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections
The meaning of the word captious is marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| broach | brooch |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| scion | descendant |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |