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 |
|---|---|
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| dingy | dirty |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |