GRE Word List
SQUABBLE
minor quarrel; bickering; V: engage in a minor quarrel; Ex. squabbling children
The meaning of the word squabble is minor quarrel; bickering; V: engage in a minor quarrel; Ex. squabbling children.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repel | drive away; disgust; Ex. repel the attack/moisture; Ex. repelled by the dirty room; CF. repulsion |
| queasy | experiencing nausea; nauseated; easily nauseated; squeamish; Ex. feel a little queasy |
| corrosive | eating away by chemicals or disease; (of language) fierce |
| demotic | of or pertaining to the people |
| toxic | poisonous; N. toxicity |
| pivotal | of a pivot; central; critical; crucial |
| pliable | flexible; easily influenced; yielding; adaptable |
| philistine | narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain; uncultured person who is indifferent to artistic and cultural values; member of an ancient people in Palestine; OP. aesthete |
| edifice | building (of imposing size) |
| plumber | one who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes) |
