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 |
|---|---|
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |