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 |
|---|---|
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |