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 |
|---|---|
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| impuissance | weakness |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| executioner | one who executes |
| mulct | fine |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| overwhelm | upset |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |