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 |
|---|---|
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| espouse | marry |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| whimsy | whim |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |