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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| reckon | count |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |