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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| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| actuary | clerk |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |