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 |
|---|---|
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |