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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WordMeaning
appreciateto grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of
navigabledeep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships
circuitoushaving a circular or winding course
gratuitysomething given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
jesta joking or mocking remark
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
unfledgednot feathered : not ready for flight
floutto treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma