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 |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |