GRE Word List
QUALMS
a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
The meaning of the word qualms is a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| fell | skin |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |