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 |
|---|---|
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| resplendent | shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |