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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |