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.

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WordMeaning
expositoryof, relating to, or containing exposition
evinceto constitute outward evidence of
psychosomaticof, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body
amissin a mistaken way : wrongly
kineticof or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
alimonyan allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
assayto analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience