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 |
|---|---|
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| primal | original |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |