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 |
|---|---|
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |