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 |
|---|---|
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |