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

WordMeaning
encircleto form a circle around : surround
queryquestion
razeto destroy to the ground : demolish
torsothe human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
constraintthe act of constraining
avowto declare assuredly
monasticof or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns
corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
quirkan abrupt twist or curve