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 |
|---|---|
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| fuddle | booze |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |