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 |
|---|---|
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| categorical | absolute |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |