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 |
|---|---|
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| quarry | game |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |