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 |
|---|---|
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |