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 |
|---|---|
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |