[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed byatorabout):He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.Synonyms: criticize , complain , carp"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham objections:to cavil each item of a proposed agenda."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a trivial and annoying objection.", "the raising of such objections."]}]