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 |
|---|---|
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |