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 |
|---|---|
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |