GRE Word List

QUIBBLE

to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words

The meaning of the word quibble is to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words.

Random words

WordMeaning
bromidea binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
subsistencereal being : existence
psychosomaticof, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
toppleto fall from or as if from being top-heavy
recessthe action of receding : recession
analogya comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect
bruntthe principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack)
breedto produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious