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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comport | to be fitting : accord |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |