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.
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| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |