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 |
|---|---|
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |