how to pronounce cavil

/ˈkæv.əl/

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cavil is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of cavil in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… Edith cavil Edith Cavell could easily …”

meanings of cavil

verb:

To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.

noun:

A petty or trivial objection or criticism.

cavil frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word cavil occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics cavil can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that cavil can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;