GRE Word List
CONTENTIOUS
likely to cause disagreement or argument
The meaning of the word contentious is likely to cause disagreement or argument.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| submerge | to put under water |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |