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 |
|---|---|
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| dynamo | generator |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |