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 |
|---|---|
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |