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 |
|---|---|
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| resign | relegate |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |