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 |
|---|---|
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| attentive | mindful |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |