GRE Word List
SPAT
squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel
The meaning of the word spat is squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel.
Random words
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salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
waif | a stray person or animal |
touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
mediate | occupying a middle position |
unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |