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 |
|---|---|
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
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| codify | to reduce to a code |