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 |
|---|---|
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |