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 |
|---|---|
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |