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 |
|---|---|
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| schism | division |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |