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 |
|---|---|
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
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| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |