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 |
|---|---|
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |