GRE Word List
CAVIL
to raise trivial and frivolous objection
The meaning of the word cavil is to raise trivial and frivolous objection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| comestible | edible |