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 |
|---|---|
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |