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 |
|---|---|
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |