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 |
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| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
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