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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |