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 |
|---|---|
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |