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 |
|---|---|
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |