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 |
|---|---|
| categorical | absolute |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |