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 |
|---|---|
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |