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 |
|---|---|
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |