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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WordMeaning
patronizeto act as patron of : provide aid or support for
platitudethe quality or state of being dull or insipid
maledictioncurse
propagateto cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction
betrothto promise to marry
sycophanta servile self-seeking flatterer
graduateto receive an academic degree or diploma
stenchstink
catalysta substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them