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 |
|---|---|
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| executor | one who executes something |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |