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 |
|---|---|
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| cohorts | companion |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |