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 |
|---|---|
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |