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 |
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| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |