Tag: useful words
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Very useful words: Cavil
I’m starting a new occasional feature where I highlight words I’ve recently spotted in the wild that are useful to know. Today’s word is cavil. Cavil (caviling, caviler), a verb, means “to complain about things that are not important” or “to raise trivial and frivolous objections.” Synonyms: carp, quibble, fuss, niggle, nitpick. Cavil is a very useful word because…
Shannon Turlington 