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 |
|---|---|
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |