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 |
|---|---|
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| privy | private |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| dilute | attenuate |