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 |
|---|---|
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| wont | accustomed |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |