GRE Word List
SPAT
squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel
The meaning of the word spat is squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |