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 |
|---|---|
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| congruent | congruous |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| append | attach |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |