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 |
|---|---|
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| mischance | bad luck |
| chafe | irritate |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |