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 |
|---|---|
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| libido | instinctual 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 |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |