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 |
|---|---|
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| disport | sport |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |