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 |
|---|---|
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| wrath | strong vengeful anger or indignation |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| conspire | plot |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |