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 |
|---|---|
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |