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 |
|---|---|
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |