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 |
|---|---|
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| quarry | game |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |