GRE Word List
CONTENTIOUS
likely to cause disagreement or argument
The meaning of the word contentious is likely to cause disagreement or argument.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |