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 |
|---|---|
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| trenchant | keen |
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| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
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| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
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