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 |
|---|---|
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| seemly | good-looking |
| docile | easily taught |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |