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 |
|---|---|
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |