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 |
|---|---|
| encumber | weigh down |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| dart | a light spear |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |