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 |
|---|---|
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| forlorn | bereft |
| grotto | cave |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |