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 |
|---|---|
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |