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 |
|---|---|
| provenance | origin |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |