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 |
|---|---|
| outmoded | not being in style |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| actuary | clerk |