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 |
|---|---|
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |