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 |
|---|---|
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |