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 |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |