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 |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| flounder | flatfish |
| bauble | trinket |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| defalcate | deduct |