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 |
|---|---|
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |