GRE Word List
CARPING
marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism
The meaning of the word carping is marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |