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 |
|---|---|
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| significant | having meaning |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |