ChatGRE Word of the Day: Cavil (v)
Cavil (v)
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Will…… When the advocate did a small change in the will without informing my father, he caviled the advocate over phone.
Meaning:
>> to raise trivial and frivolous objection
>> to raise trivial objections to
example:
Caviled for hours about a single sentence
Synonyms carp, quibble, fuss, nitpick
Related Words criticize, fault; beef, bellyache, complain, crab, croak, gripe, grouse, growl, grumble, moan, squawk, wail, whine, yammer; murmur, mutter
Phrases split hairs
Near Antonyms applaud, commend, compliment, praise, recommend; approve, back, endorse (also indorse), support
Check Your Preparation here……
Cavil (Antonym)
A) Concede
B) Squabble
C) Wrangle
D) Dig
E) Tiff
Popularity: 18% [?]
Written by GRE Word of The Day Team on July 26th, 2008 with 9 comments.
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