GRE Word List
CONTENTIOUS
likely to cause disagreement or argument
The meaning of the word contentious is likely to cause disagreement or argument.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |