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 |
|---|---|
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |