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 |
|---|---|
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| commune | talk over |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |