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 |
|---|---|
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |