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 |
|---|---|
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| feint | something feigned |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |