GRE Word List
CONTENTION
a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument
The meaning of the word contention is a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| retribution | recompense |
| nomenclature | name |
| pugilist | fighter |