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 |
|---|---|
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| debonair | suave |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| condign | deserved |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |