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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| unkempt | not combed |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| gruel | a thin porridge |