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 |
|---|---|
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| clip | encompass |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| aria | air |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |