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 |
|---|---|
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| devious | wandering |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |