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 |
|---|---|
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| hardy | bold |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| executor | one who executes something |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |